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THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK PRIMING-FLASK
Third quarter of the 17th Century
With curved tapering body of flattened cowhorn engraved with a hound below an enlarged plant on one side and with a leaping stag on the other, with pivoted nozzle closure of moulded iron engaging a moulded long spring on one side, and large iron basal cap formed with a transverse double-aperture key, a single key projecting from the back-edge, engraved with an elaborate flower over the base and with a detailed trophy-of-arms over both sides.
7½in (19cm)
Third quarter of the 17
With curved tapering body of flattened cowhorn engraved with a hound below an enlarged plant on one side and with a leaping stag on the other, with pivoted nozzle closure of moulded iron engaging a moulded long spring on one side, and large iron basal cap formed with a transverse double-aperture key, a single key projecting from the back-edge, engraved with an elaborate flower over the base and with a detailed trophy-of-arms over both sides.
7½
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